Vice Presidents of Jewish Enrichment‍AZA: Shaliach | BBG: Sh'licha

Meet your International Counterparts:

Leaving the world better than we found it is no small task.

The Sh'lichim Network oversees our Stand UP and Speak UP campaigns and supports Jewish ritual moments at all experiences. There's a lot of knowledge and skills that come into play for this network and we hope this page will help make your job a little easier. If you can't find what you're looking for, be in touch!

Our Priorities

Let's enrich the lives of Alephs and BBGs in every corner of the world. Here's how we're going to do it.

Emphasize Our Pluralism

We’re going to work with our counterparts to create spaces for every Jewish teen to feel like they have a home in our Movement regardless of their Jewish identity.

Connect to Our Heritage

We’re excited to discover and create new ways to make Jewish traditions and practices feel important and relevant for the rest of our lives.

Go Big with Stand UP

We're going to see more Alephs and BBGs than ever before change the world through strategic and frequent community service campaigns and projects.

Enhance Israel Education

We want to educate every Aleph and BBG about Israel with the ultimate goal of developing their own specific and individual connection to our homeland.

Sh'lichim Spotlight: Top Tools

If you ever get lost between service, Israel, Judaism, or anything else—find yourself here. Below are our seasonal picks to kick off the year. Of course, this is just the start, for lots more explore the toolbox. If you're looking to really deepen your skills, explore the Israel, Judaics, and Service priority hubs.

Toolbox

Explore songs from around the world that celebrate our rich tradition and history, learn the words to prayers and how to play them on guitar, and discover the best practices for leading and facilitating services and song session moments.

Many of our Chapter Initiatives fall into BBYO's Stand UP and Speak UP initiatives. Pick up one of these programs to run in your chapter to give members a meaningful experience and connect them to the Movement at large.

Everyone has a role in making a Stand UP campaign successful. Get ideas for general Stand UP campaign responsibilities and see how roles can be divided between board members, chairs, and general members.

Starting a relationship with organizations can be intimidating. How do you even get started when you make the first call? Build your confidence when calling organizations by looking at this example script between a BBYO member and a Volunteer Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity.

This prayer is recited when we travel, by air, sea, and even on long car trips. Print and cut out these cards to give to your board, your chapter, or any of your brothers and sisters. It's always a beautiful gift.

#ShlichimWins 🏆

There is so much to celebrate within our network—service hours, creative Shabbat services, Israel programs, innovation around pluralism, and more. Post on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #ShlichimWins and we'll feature our favorites right here for the world to see.

Gold Coast

Gold Coast hosted an inspiring Oneday program.

Central Region West

Central Region West is hard at work preparing for their upcoming Kallah.

Liberty

Liberty held a Sh’lichim Training in Allentown, PA.

Keep up with Glenn and Jill

About Us

The Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) and the B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG) are a fraternity and sorority for Jewish teens—together, we are BBYO. Since our founding in 1924 (AZA) and 1944 (BBG), we have been member-led. Our priorities and programs reflect the interests and issues that matter most to us. Our pursuits are as diverse as our participants.

AZA and BBG welcome Jewish teens of all backgrounds, denominational affiliation, gender, sexual orientations, and socio-economic status as well as those with a range of intellectual, emotional, and physical abilities.